IHG Hotels and Resorts plans to bring its Kimpton brand to Italy next year.
Kimpton will debut on the island of Sicily in the second half of 2025 as part of a management agreement with its partner Società Turistica Alberghiera Taorminese.
Located in the hilltop town of Taormina on the island's east coast, the boutique hotel will feature 59 rooms, “destination dining,” a breakfast room and a terrace bar offering panoramic views from Calabria to Isolabella Bay.
Leisure facilities, meanwhile, will include an outdoor Mediterranean garden, a 20-metre swimming pool and a tennis court.
The Kimpton of Sicily will be the 30th of IHG Hotels & Resortsth hotel in Italy, joining recent openings such as Six Senses Rome, InterContinental Rome Ambasciatori Palace and Hotel Indigo Florence.
Additionally, two more Hotel Indigo properties will open in the coming years in Turin and Trieste, as well as IHG's first Vignette Collection property, Hotel Alexandra, in Rome in 2025.
Willemijn Geels, Vice President of Development for Europe at IHG Hotels & Resorts, commented:
“Italy has long been known for its reputation for luxury travel, stunning coastal locations and vibrant communities, and our growth strategy in the country has been designed to complement this. Following an increase in activity in 2023, which allowed us to more than double our luxury and lifestyle offering in this market, we are now excited to partner with Società Turistica Alberghiera Taorminese to further expand our presence in Italy with this boutique style property of life on the picturesque island of Sicily.”
IHG bought Kimpton in 2014and has gradually expanded the brand beyond its US roots, with openings including Kimpton St Honoré Paris in 2021.
The brand now has more than 75 hotels worldwide, including locations in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Manchester.
In the coming years, another 54 hotels will join the Kimpton brand, and the brand hopes to surpass its 100-hotel milestone and reach 20 countries by 2025.
Earlier this month the brand opened its first hotel in Mexico City:
IHG opens the first Kimpton hotel in Mexico City
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